A snowboarder in California has given new meaning to the term micro-unit.

On Friday, The Wall Street Journal covered the 228 square-foot cabin of professional snowboarder Mike Basich near Lake Tahoe. Read the article to get the full off-the-grid feel, but a few highlights of the tiny and rugged property are listed below.

The home measures out at 228 square feet with no bedroom and an outdoor bathroom. But it sits on 40 acres that Basich owns.

Electricity comes from a solar panel and water from…the snow.

His bedside reading — snowboard magazines and an appropriately-titled book called “Tiny Homes.”

The home’s two luxuries — a solar-powered hot tub and a personal ski lift that will take Basich to do what he loves best.

Images courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.

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